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15-11-2023 | 17:19 PM

ATL Marathon 2023-24

Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog opened applications for ‘ATL Marathon 2023-24’- a flagship innovation challenge organised this year in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, YuWaah and UNICEF.

Key Highlights:

• It is a national-level innovation challenge for young innovators across India who can solve community problems of their choice, and develop innovative solutions in the form of working prototypes.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the hosting partner of this edition of ATL Marathon.
• The last edition of the Marathon witnessed 12000+ innovations from school students across India.
• This year’s ATL Marathon is themed around “India’s 75th Republic Day”, with several problem statements on which student teams can build projects like Space, Agriculture, Inclusivity, Disaster management, Mobility, Health, Education & Skill Development.
• ATL Marathon is open for all schools across the country, independent of whether they are connected to an Atal Tinkering Lab or not.

About Atal Innovation Mission (AIM):

• Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog is Government of India’s flagship initiative to promote a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in the country and was set up in 2016.
• Towards this end AIM has taken a holistic approach to ensure creation of a problem-solving innovative mindset in schools and creating an ecosystem of entrepreneurship in universities, research institutions, private and MSME sector.